Traditional health knowledge system in Garhwal Himalayas: Role of women in reservation and transmission of medicinal plants
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https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.5.S2.140-142Keywords:
Traditional knowledge system, Preservation, Transmission, Women, Herbs, HealthAbstract
The preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge is very important in the present era as covid-19 taught us to prepare for the coming disasters. Change in environment has made us to ponder over the upcoming issues such as global warming and living habits of the human being.
The rural women play a significant role in every nook and corner of the society. To transmit and preserve the traditional knowledge, one should need to apply the same in day-to-day life. The present research paper focuses on various aspects of indigenous knowledge that our forefathers and our ancestors followed. Rural women have rich knowledge of natural world, health related consciousness and other cultural aspects. Women always have been responsible in preserving and transmitting this traditional knowledge which keeps this knowledge alive.
Through this paper, the importance of rural women in preserving the medicinal plants that are available in the Himalayan regions which are still used by them would be discussed. For this paper, a structured questionnaire was administered to the respondents living in this region. It was found that maximum of the women has knowledge about the medicinal herbs and plants available in their locality and they still use them as first-aid methods.
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